Quality matters and food safety requirements are an important issue in the entire food and food additive branch , and thus are of high importance also in case of natural gums such as Gum acacia. AIPG has now issued “Good Practices for Gums ” (GPG, status 24th June 2011) , giving recommendations on local collection, interim storage, transportation, warehouse storing and processing in facilities of the producing countries. This is accompanied by some practical recommendations set out in the practical Implementation Plan (19h July 2011) .

AIPG´s Annual General Assembly 2006 welcomed the establishment of the Gum Arabic Security Task Force consisting of representatives from the private and government sector in Sudan, Nigeria,Chad , NGARA and AIPG. The group co-ordinated by AIPG´s Secretariat will i.a. follow up the development of security stock projects to be set up in the three participating countries.